Code generators vs. ORMs vs. Stored Procedures

Question

In what domains do each of these software architectures shine or fail?

Which key requirements would prompt you to choose one over the other?

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Answer 1

I'll add my two cents:

Stored procedures

• Can be easily optimized
• Abstract fundamental business rules, enhancing data integrity
• Provide a good security model (no need to grant read or write permissions to a front facing db user)
• Shine when you have many applications accessing the same data

ORMs

• Let you concentrate only on the domain and have a more "pure" object oriented approach to development
• Shine when your application must be cross db compatible
• Shine when your application is mostly driven by behaviour instead of data

Code Generators

• Provide you similar benefits as ORMs, with higher maintenance costs, but with better customizability.
• Are generally superior to ORMs in that ORMs tend to trade compile-time errors for runtime errors, which is generally to be avoided